Exploring an observation initially made by iOS hacker @planetbeing, Shoutpedia notes that Apple has mysteriously begun censoring the word “jailbreak” in the U.S. iTunes Store. While not all mentions of the word are affected, the vast majority of them across all content types are currently being censored to “j*******k”.

Apple has long objected to the jailbreaking process, which opens up iOS devices for installation of apps from non-Apple approved sources and other system tweaks. But it is unclear what the company is trying to achieve with its iTunes Store censoring, which affects such content as Thin Lizzy’s song and album of that name and an episode of the The Roy Rogers Show from the early 1950s.

I’d like to hope this was just a computer error finding any reference of “Jailbreaking” and editing it out…. but I still had to make this video:

Travis writes on his blog:

“At various spots in the fence are holes cut just big enough to climb through. So after working our way through all three rows of fencing and climbing up some precarious rubble covered slopes we made it to the compound. There are multiple buildings, all covered in graffiti and broken glass. Three or four massive canvas covered domes designed to amplify the tinyest of sounds sit on top of the buildings. We climbed our way to the top of the tallest building, up a sometimes pitch black stair well that wrapped around the central elevator shaft. At the top, inside the still preserved dome, every whisper, every breath and minute movement is audible. The only light coming from a doorway sized hole on one side of the dome where a couple of other explorer/delinquents sat drinking beer and playing with the surreal sounds effects.”

Check out more photos & writing from Travis at his blog while on his travels.

One simple rule to follow if you don’t know what vegetarians eat:

If it poops, we don’t eat it.

I love how the exclamation mark at the end makes it sound like the cook was so proud of their vegetarian achievement too.  And another thing, you’re not vegetarian if you eat chicken or fish…  you just simply don’t eat red meat.

Henry Rollins

A singer and writer known for his time in one of the most influential hardcore punk bands of the early 1980s comes to Ann Arbor on Thursday. Not to rock out, but to talk it out. Henry Rollins – former lead singer of Black Flag and his own group known as Rollins Band – comes to the Michigan Theatre for a stop on his “The Long March” spoken word tour.

Rollins has been doing spoken word performances telling true stories of his travels and observations since the early 1980s.

Rob St. Mary spoke to Rollins about the tour, his recent journeys and his creative drives.

Check out the interview below.

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The field was originally supposed to be filled with new homes a few years ago but after the housing bust, the construction was abandoned.  Now all that’s left are razed neighborhood blocks with semi-finished sidewalks, broken piles of concrete slabs and orange construction barrels.  Our building sits far off in the back of an open field that’s often filled with groundhogs, foxes, and coyotes all of which have made the concrete piles their homes.

You can check out more of Fred’s art at the Sharon Weiss Gallery online or probably at any Short North art walk.